Symlink attack due to predictable tmp folder names Affecting npm Open this link in a new tab package, versions [,1.3.3)
Attack Complexity
Low
User Interaction
Required
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snyk-id
SNYK-DOTNET-NPM-60199
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published
13 Feb 2017
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disclosed
22 Apr 2014
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credit
Daniel Kahn Gillmor
Introduced: 22 Apr 2014
CVE-2013-4116 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade npm
to version 1.3.3 or higher.
Overview
npm
is a package manager for JavaScript.
Affected versions of the package are vulnerable to Symlink attack due to predictable tmp folder names, which were named /tmp/npm-$PID
. An attacker waiting for a process named npm-
to load could then go to the folder and arbitrarily change the files in the tmp folder.